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Finnish company produces competitive esports games for mobile
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Business & innovationSports

Finnish company produces competitive esports games for mobile

Established in 2012 and based in Kajaani, Critical Force is one of only a few companies in the world that makes electronic sports games played on mobile devices.

Tagged in EntrepreneursSportsTechnologyThisisFINLAND Magazine
Finnish footballer Teemu Pukki scores a big season
A touched Teemu Pukki dressed in Norwich FC jersey holding a large trophy.
Life & societySports

Finnish footballer Teemu Pukki scores a big season

Supporters of Norwich City Football Club and the Finnish national team have something – and someone – to sing about.

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Gold goes great with blue and white: Finland parties after world hockey win
Finland's ice hockey goalie blocking a shot by a Canadian player.
Life & societySports

Gold goes great with blue and white: Finland parties after world hockey win

The day after beating Canada to win the 2019 Ice Hockey World Championship, the Finnish team flew back from Slovakia to party with fans in downtown Helsinki. See our slideshow of the festivities.

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Home crowd cheers as Finland hosts World Hockey Championship
Finland’s Saana Valkama fighting off Sweden's Elin Lundberg.
Life & societySports

Home crowd cheers as Finland hosts World Hockey Championship

Finnish fans know their hockey, and they expect great games from their team as Finland challenges the US and Canada at the Women’s World Ice Hockey Championship, held just outside Helsinki.

Tagged in EqualityGenderSports
For Finland and China, hockey is a contact sport
A hockey goalie trying to protect his goal from the opponent's player.
Life & societySports

For Finland and China, hockey is a contact sport

On a midwinter afternoon in Finland, a Chinese ice hockey squad from Beijing, boys ages 14 to 15, bounded off the team bus and through shin-deep snow on their way to play their contemporaries from Helsinki.

Tagged in BusinessSocietySports
6 + 3 New Year’s resolutions from ThisisFINLAND
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6 + 3 New Year’s resolutions from ThisisFINLAND

Bored with the same old New Year’s resolutions? We’ve compiled a list of new and manageable resolutions for next year!

Tagged in FinnishnessFunHobbyhorseLanguageLiteratureSaunaSportsTraditionsTravelWinter
World Cup next door: Finnish fans enjoy summer feast of football
Life & societySports

World Cup next door: Finnish fans enjoy summer feast of football

While Finland isn’t known as a top football country, Finnish soccer fans have plenty of cause for excitement as the 2018 World Cup plays out in neighbouring Russia.

Tagged in SocietySports
Finnish footprints
Arts & cultureFinnishness

Finnish footprints

You might be surprised how often traces of blue-and-white Finnish influence can be spotted in places near and far.

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